Newmarket (reported Tuesday, March 16 at 5 p.m.)
- 1,710 cases of COVID-19
- 9 mores case since March 15
- 79 (+0) variant cases
- 12 (+0) B.1.1.7. U.K. (0 active); 8 close contact, 3 local transmission, 1 workplace
- 67 (+0) lineage not yet determined (19 active); 37 close contact, 19 local transmission, 9 workplace, 1 institutional outbreak
- 1,604 (+2) cases resolved (94%)
- 65 (+7) active cases
- 0 more deaths, totalling 41
- 4 (+0) hospitalized, 0 in ICU
- 2 (+0) institutional outbreaks
- Outbreak #2 declared March 11 at The Roxborough Retirement Residence, Newmarket (1 staff)
- Outbreak #4 declared March 7 at Southlake Residential Care Village (2 residents, 10 (+1) health-care workers)
- 1 (-1) school surveillances
- Surveillance #3 declared March 5 at Notre Dame Catholic Elementary School (1 student)
- 66 (+6) new cases in last 7 days
- 224 tests on March 14, 9 positive (4.0% positivity)
The Nitty Gritty
- 800 (+0) cases close contact, or 47%reports
- 421 (+1) cases community transmission, or 25%
- 319 (+0) cases institutional outbreak, or 19%
- 16 (+8) cases under investigation, or 1%
- 42 (+0) cases travel, or 2%
- 100 (+0) cases workplace outbreak, or 6%
- 422 (+2) cases age 19 to 34, 25%
- 301 (+2) cases age 35 to 44, or 18%
- 258 (+1) cases age 45 to 54, or 15%
- 222 (+3) cases age 55 to 64, or 13%
- 152 (+0) cases age 65 to 79, or 9%
- 120 (+0) cases age 80+, or 7%
- 110 (+0) cases age 4 to 13, or 6%
- 86 (+1) cases age 14 to 18, or 5%
- 39 (+0) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%
York Region (reported Tuesday, March 16 at 5 p.m.) at red control zone
- 30,669 confirmed cases of COVID-19
- 122 new cases since March 15
- 1,416 (+83) variant cases
- 251 (+1) B.1.1.7 U.K.
- 1,165 (+82) lineage not yet determined
- 29,131 (+118) cases resolved (95%)
- 994 (-2) active cases
- 0 more deaths, totalling 544
- 143 (+3) cases are hospitalized, 18 (+0) patients in ICU
- 407 (+1) workplace outbreaks, 18 (+1) active, 3,298 (+5) cases
Recovery Measures
- 911 (-31) new cases reported in last 7 days
- 72 (+1) new cases per 100,000 residents in last 7 days (incidence rate)
- 12 (+3) new hospitalizations in last 7 days
- 1.06 (-0.02) 7-day median reproductive number
- 2,613 tests on March 14, 155 positive (5.9% positivity)
Vaccinations
- 90,962 (+2,331) total doses
- 34,877 (+1,324) doses 80 and older
- 65.8% (+3.0%) proportion of ages 80+ with at least 1 dose
Cases in schools, child care centres
- 69 (+1) school outbreaks, 7 (-1) active
- St. Margaret Mary Catholic Elementary School, Woodbridge (2 students)
- Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Elementary School, East Gwillimbury (closed, 3 students)
- Thornhill Public School (1 student, 2 staff)
- Ellen Fairclough Public School, Markham (4 students, 1 staff)
- E.J. Sand Public School, Vaughan (2 students)
- Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Elementary School, East Gwillimbury (closed, 3 students)
- Woodbridge College High School, Vaughan (closed, 11 students, 15 (+1) staff)
- 460 (+0) school surveillances, 55 (+0) active
- 62 (+1) child care outbreaks, 3 (+1) active
- 1,311 (+13) total school and child care cases
- 911 (+12) student/children cases
- 401 (+1) staff cases
Institutional Outbreaks
- 271 (+1) institutional outbreaks, 21 (+1) active
- Outbreak #3 declared March 16 at Amica Unionville Retirement Home, Markham (2 health-care workers)
Nitty Gritty
- 15,834 (+55) cases, or 52%, close contact
- 9,008 (+35) cases, or 29%, community transmission
- 3,116 (+5) cases, or 10%, institutional outbreak
- 302 (+9) cases, or 1%, under investigation
- 487 (+2) cases, or 2%, travel
- 1,741 (+11) cases, or 6%, workplace outbreak
- 7,964 (+28) cases age 19 to 34, or 26%
- 5,221 (+21) cases age 45 to 54, or 17%
- 4,610 (+24) cases age 55 to 64, or 15%
- 4,302 (+18) cases ages 35 to 44, or 14%
- 2,811 (+5) cases age 65 to 79, or 9%
- 1,882 (+7) cases age 4 to 13, or 6%
- 1,749 (+2) cases age 80+, or 6%
- 1,577 (+9) cases age 14 to 18, or 5%
- 546 (+2) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%
Around the region:
- Vaughan 12,938 (+46) cases, 429 (-4) active
- Markham 7,898 (+22) cases, 177 (-2) active
- Richmond Hill 4,105 (+15) cases, 162 (-15) active
- Newmarket 1,710 (+9) cases, 65 (+7) active
- Aurora 1,020 (+7) cases, 43 (+0) active
- Georgina 724 (+8) cases, 34 (+6) active
- Whitchurch-Stouffville 858 (+8) cases, 30 (+7) active
- East Gwillimbury 668 (+3) cases, 29 (-2) active
- King 690 (+4) cases, 25 (+2) active
Ontario (reported at 10:30 a.m. on March 17, for March 16)
- 321,956 confirmed cases of COVID-19
- 1,508 new cases since March 15
- 1,215 variant cases
- 1,134 (+3) U.K. variant
- 47 (+1) South African variant
- 34 (+0) Brazilian variant
- 14 more deaths, totalling 7,187
- 302,257 resolved 93.9% of cases
- 741 (-20) cases are hospitalized; 300 (+8) in ICU; 190 (-4) on ventilators
- 49,128 more tests completed, with 35,201 awaiting results
- 3.5% positivity March 16
Vaccines
- 58,202 daily doses administered March 16
- 1,301,334 total doses
- 290,659 completed (people fully vaccinated)
Cases in children, youth
- 7,635 (+57) cases ages 4 to 8
- 10,179 (+69) cases ages 9 to 13
- 10,436 (+66) cases ages 14 to 17
Institutional Outbreaks
- 1,332 (+3) outbreaks at long-term care homes, 69 (-2) active
- 791 (+0) outbreaks at retirement homes, 46 (-4) active
- 437 (+3) outbreaks at hospitals, 29 (+1) active
- 3,887 (+5) long-term care resident deaths
- 14,988 (+1) cases are long-term care residents
